Gross revenues rose 6.1 percent last year to $1.039 billion, and revenue per lawyer was up 6 percent to $1.14 million. The 858-lawyer firm boasted 195 equity partners in 2017, one short of the previous year.

Cooley has delivered another strong year of financial growth, exceeding the $1 billion benchmark for gross revenue in 2017.

The firm saw that metric hit $1.07 billion last year, an increase of 10.1 percent from the $974 million that Cooley took in the year before. Revenue per lawyer rose 4.8 percent in 2017, to almost $1.2 million, while profits per equity partner jumped 6.2 percent, to $2.08 million.

The firm brought in $212,022,000 in revenue in 2017, up from $213,445,000 the year before. With a full-time equivalent of 280 lawyers, revenue per lawyer came in at $758,000, down 2.8 percent from $780,000 in 2016.

Gross revenue jumped to $2.036 billion, up 5.6 percent from a year prior, while profits per equity partner rose 6 percent, to $2.26 million. Head count rose by 2 percent, to 1,873 lawyers, and revenue per lawyer increased by 3.5 percent, to $1.087 million.

White & Caseís gross revenue grew 10.6 percent to $1.8 billion in 2017, a new record for the firm, and up from $1.63 billion the year prior. Revenue per lawyer increased 6.2 percent, to $885,000, while profits per partner jumped 10.2 percent, to $2.26 million.

Crowell & Moring saw its revenue slip 3.6 percent in 2017, to $418.7 million, while a significant decline in net income from a blockbuster 2016 depressed average profits per partner by 22.9 percent, to $1.17 million, preliminary figures show.

In its fifth consecutive year of financial growth, Goodwin Procterís gross revenue surged 13.2 percent, to $1.032 billion, in 2017, a record high for a firm that got its start more than 100 years ago in Boston.

And after dips last year in revenue per lawyer and profits per partner, Goodwin Procter saw both metrics grow by 5.5 percent and 8.5 percent, respectively, to $1.136 million and $2.151 million, in 2017.

Profits per partner shot up by 18.6 percent to $2.51 million in 2017 as the equity partnership contracted by five partners to 40 partners, according to preliminary ALM reporting. Meanwhile, the firmís revenue dropped 9.7 percent to $408.1 million, and overall lawyer head count dipped by about 15 percent, after the closure of three offices. Revenue per lawyer increased 6 percent to $1.09 million.

The firmís $270.6 million gross revenue figure represents a 5.5 percent climb from $256.4 million in 2016. Over a five-year period, revenue has climbed by roughly 26 percent, from $215 million in fiscal year 2012, according to historical data.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher posted its 22nd straight year of revenue growth, earning more than $1.64 billion in 2017, while the firmís net income also passed the $1 billion mark for the first time, according to preliminary ALM reporting.

Profits per equity partner, however, took a slight dip to $3.24 million as Gibson Dunn added a Houston office, expanded internationally and increased its head count.

The Bay Area-based Am Law 100 firm pulled in $1.06 billion in gross revenue last year, a 12.4 percent increase from 2016, surpassing the firmís previous record result by more than $50 million. Revenue per lawyer at the firm jumped 11.9 percent to $1.11 million, and profits per equity partner surged 23.3 percent to $1.74 million.

While revenue per lawyer and profits per partner both dipped in 2016, the two figures were up last year at the Palo Alto-based firm. Wilson Sonsiniís revenue per lawyer climbed 6.2 percent, to $1.07 million, and profits per partner jumped 12.3 percent, to $2.21 million.

Profits per equity partner rose 4.2 percent to more than $4.56 million and the equity partnership grew by 4.6 percent, adding five partners for 144 in all. Revenue per lawyer rose 2.2 percent to more than $1.3 million for the firm, which added 41 lawyers to reach an overall lawyer head count of 1,000 lawyers.

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy saw its profits per equity partner rise nearly 11 percent in 2017 to $3.46 million, while its gross revenue also rose substantially, to more than $916 million, according to preliminary ALM reporting.

Pepper Hamilton saw revenue decline by 1.7 percent, from $347.5 million in 2016 to $341.8 million in 2017, as total head count shrank. But profits per equity partner increased by 14.3 percent in 2017, reaching $837,000 distributed among a smaller equity partnership. Partner profits are still shy of the $1 million mark the firm hit in 2015, meanwhile.

Revenue per lawyer was $760,000, up 6 percent from 2016. And net income, at $101.3 million, was up 4.9 percent.

The Washington-based firm increased revenue nearly 7 percentage points last year to $303.5 million, according to preliminary ALM reporting. Revenue per lawyer ticked up 3.4 percent, to $877,000, as the firm added 11 lawyers for a total attorney head count of 346.

Profits per partner rose 6.7 percent to $1.067 million. The size of the equity partnership remained unchanged at 100 partners, while the firmís nonequity tier shed four partners, for 65 in all.

Mayer Brown had a record 2017, with revenue eclipsing the firmís pre-recession highs for the first time and profits per equity partner rising 8.8 percent to $1.575 million.

Revenue at the Chicago-founded firm grew 4.2 percent in 2017 to $1.313 billion, according to preliminary ALM data. The firmís lawyer and partner head count both narrowly declined, pushing revenue per lawyer up 5.3 percent over the prior year, to $836,000.